Natural Gas And Products - COT Positioning
CFTC Commitments of Traders, natural gas and products markets - positions as of Tuesday 2026-10-20 (the CFTC reports each Tuesday's close on Friday).
| Market | Open interest | Large spec net | Δ w/w | COT index 3y |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nat Gas ICE LD1 | 7,844,136 | -124,139 | -124,990 | 0.0 |
| Natural Gas (Henry Hub) | 1,710,685 | -241,272 | -7,694 | 0.0 |
| Nat Gas ICE PEN | 728,735 | -113,923 | +432 | 54.1 |
| Propane Opis Mt Belvieu Tet Fp | 186,738 | -11,535 | +757 | 52.0 |
| Propane Opis Mt Belv Nontet Fp | 112,551 | 18,664 | +1,561 | 39.1 |
| Chicago Citygate (Index) | 107,082 | -6,261 | +946 | 45.1 |
| Propane | 106,565 | 824 | +13,288 | 84.7 |
| Ethane, Mt. Belv-Enterprise | 94,906 | 7,869 | -2,840 | 70.9 |
| Butane Opis Mt Belv Nontet Fp | 63,936 | 2,089 | -509 | 52.3 |
| Tetco M3 Index | 61,414 | -2,223 | +120 | 3.7 |
| Mt Belv Nat Gasoline Opis | 51,497 | -592 | -775 | 33.9 |
| Mt Belvieu Ethane Opis | 47,980 | 3,132 | +318 | 40.3 |
| Mt Belv Norm Butane Opis | 44,978 | 2,891 | +588 | 43.6 |
| Propane Non-Ldh Mt Bel | 32,966 | 2,339 | -739 | 9.2 |
| Conway Propane (Opis) | 19,408 | -1,036 | +182 | 12.9 |
| Nat Gaslne Opis Mt B Nontet Fp | 17,178 | -3,787 | -142 | 14.2 |
| Argus Far East Propane | 16,312 | 1,063 | -133 | 83.5 |
| Propane Opis Conway Inwell Fp | 11,170 | 1,547 | -70 | 73.5 |
Also reported in this group
Markets below CFTC-page thresholds we track in the group data but don't publish a page for.
| Market | Open interest | Large spec net | Δ w/w | COT index 3y |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aeco Fin Basis | 1,014,538 | - | - | - |
| Hsc Fin Basis | 894,161 | - | - | - |
| Dominion | 784,503 | - | - | - |
| Waha Fin Basis | 687,992 | - | - | - |
| Ngpl Txok Basis | 663,812 | - | - | - |
| Tetco M2 Basis (Receipts) | 540,198 | - | - | - |
| Houston Ship Channel (Index) | 507,378 | - | - | - |
| Cig Rockies Basis | 448,824 | - | - | - |
| Henry Hub Last Day Fin | 418,965 | - | - | - |
| Henry Hub | 399,000 | - | - | - |
| Nwp Rockies Fin Basis | 392,890 | - | - | - |
| Chicago Fin Basis | 366,125 | - | - | - |
| Cg Mainline Basis | 344,829 | - | - | - |
| Transco Station 85-Zone 4 Basi | 295,608 | - | - | - |
| Socal Border Fin Basis | 294,407 | - | - | - |
| Transco Zone 6 Basis | 266,834 | - | - | - |
| Rex Zone 3 Basis | 261,610 | - | - | - |
| Ep San Juan Basis | 260,326 | - | - | - |
| Henry Hub Penultimate Fin | 238,545 | - | - | - |
| Tgt Zone 1 Basis | 230,361 | - | - | - |
| Tco Basis | 222,871 | - | - | - |
| Panhandle Basis | 208,422 | - | - | - |
| Michcon Basis | 200,883 | - | - | - |
| Henry Hub Index | 193,545 | - | - | - |
| Pg&E Citygate Fin Basis | 188,211 | - | - | - |
| Tetco M3 Basis | 168,476 | - | - | - |
| Transco Zone 5 South Basis | 154,238 | - | - | - |
| Nng Ventura Basis | 143,253 | - | - | - |
| Nat Gas Ld1 For Gdd -Texok | 139,247 | - | - | - |
| Tetco Wla Basis | 134,162 | - | - | - |